| Deposit ID | 10080402 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W031532 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Algomah Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -89.04007, 46.76139 (WGS84) |
|---|
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Ontonagon(county)
Michigan(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Greenland(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Ontonagon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Iron River(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Keweenaw Peninsula(hydrologic unit)
Southcentral Lake Superior(hydrologic accounting unit)
Southern Lake Superior(hydrologic subregion)
Great Lakes(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Michigan | Ontonagon |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan | 050N | 038W | 3 | SW OF SW | Michigan |
| SE OF SW | Michigan | ||||
| NE OF SW | Michigan | ||||
| NW OF SW | Michigan |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Copper | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Epidote | Gangue |
| Pumpellyite-(Mg) | Gangue |
| Feldspar | Gangue |
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Silver | Gangue |
| Tenorite | Gangue |
| Atacamite | Gangue |
| Malachite | Gangue |
| Chrysocolla | Gangue |
| Melaconite | Gangue |
| Model code | 96 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | Unassigned |
| Deposit model name | Native Cu |
| Mark3 model number | 99 |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt | ||||
| Rock unit name | Portage Lake Volcanics | ||||
| Rock description | Portage Lake Volcanics | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -89.04007, 46.76139 |
|---|
| Name | ALGOMAH AMYGDALOID |
|---|---|
| Strike | 80 NW |
| Width | 20M |
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1910 |
| Year of last production | 1956 |
| District name | Keweenaw Copper |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Algomah Mining Co. |
| Year | 1914 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
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COPPER RANGE CO., UNPUBLISHCOPPER RANGE CO., UNPUBLISHED, 1968, BEDROCK GEOLOGY MAP OF THE GREENLAND (SE 1/4) QUADRANGLE, ONTONAGON COUNTY, MICHIGAN. GEOLOGY MAPPED AND COMPILED BY COPPER RANGE EXPLORATION CO., INC., AND BY H. HUBBARD (U.S.G.S.)
BUTLER, B.S., AND BURBANK, W.S., 1929, THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF MICHIGAN: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 144, 238P.
WILBAND, J.T., 1978, THE COPPER RESOURCES OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN; PREPARED FOR THE U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, CONTRACT NO. J036067, 66P.
JOHNSON, A.M., AND GROTH, E.H., 1998, INVENTORY OF UNDERGROUND MINES, ONTONAGON COUNTY, P 7-11, MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.
BUTLER AND BURBANK (1929)
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ALGOMAH MINING CO. ORGANIZED IN 1910. FROM 1852-1854 A COMPANY BY THE SAME NAME WORKED THE AREA WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS. THE ONLY PRODUCTION CAME FROM THE ALGOMAH LODE AS A TEST SHIPMENT IN 1914, NO ROCK WAS MILLED. PART OF THIS SHIPMENT WAS FROM HAND-PICKED ORE. THERE WAS VERY LITTLE NATIVE METAL, MOSTLY COPPER COMPOUNDS. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-OCT-1980 | Yeager, Keith (Cannon, W.) | Michigan Geological Survey Division | |
| Updater | 01-MAR-1997 | Sutphin, D.M. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Editor | 01-MAY-1997 | Mason Jr., G.T. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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